STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3494

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 66

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 66 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW OF THE REGULATION OF VETERINARY TECHNICIANS AND THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Auditor, pursuant to section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to conduct a sunrise review of the regulation of veterinary technicians and the practice of veterinary technology, as proposed under Senate Bill No. 2502, S.D. 1 (2014).

     The measure also requests the Auditor to submit findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2015.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Board of Veterinary Examiners, and the Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association.

     Senate Bill No. 2502, S.D. 1 (2014), proposes to establish requirements for the regulation of veterinary technicians and the practice of veterinary technology, which are currently unregulated.  Your Committee believes that the establishment of registration requirements and regulations for veterinary technicians in Hawaii would improve the level of care of animals in the State.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 66, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair